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The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics  has elected Professor Olaf Schenk as a SIAM Fellow in the class of 2020 for his contributions to applied mathematics and extreme-scale High-performance computing (HPC).

Three projects that push the boundaries of science have received funds from the President's Excellence Fund for Frontier Research.

By Christoph Pelzl Statistics can use data to identify patterns and derive concrete recommendations for action.

Mathematician to return to the faculty after six years leading MIT's second-largest school.

Especially for Valentine's Day, Game Theory expert Dr Nicos Georgiou looks into the mathematics of dating.

Dr Natasha Morrison is a Research Fellow in mathematics at Sidney Sussex College and a member of the Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics.

Professor Chenyang Xu applies the techniques of abstract algebra to study concrete but complex geometric objects.

Math professor Semyon Dyatlov explores the relationship between classical and quantum physics. Semyon Dyatlov calls himself a "mathematical physicist." He's an associate editor of the journal Probability and Mathematical Physics.

First published in 1687, Principia ( Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica ) is one of the most important books on natural philosophy in which Newton establishes the modern science of dynamics and outlines his three laws of motion.

An international team of researchers has developed a method for easily creating textbooks in Braille, with an initial focus on maths textbooks.

Using mathematical theory, Virginia Williams coaxes algorithms to run faster or proves they've hit their maximum speed.

Australian school students' poor performance in mathematics could harm the economy and the next generation's job prospects, according to a University of Queensland researcher.

MACH slashes time and resources needed to train computers for product searches Online shoppers typically string together a few words to search for the product they want, but in a world with millions

Juhan Aru is a new professor in Mathematics at EPFL where he holds the Chair of Random Geometry. His work aims at understanding geometric properties of models where randomness and geometry meet.

Is a video or photograph real? How do verifiably false images spread? And how can we respond to a new level of digital fakery? Leading scholars and scientists will discuss those issues from scientifi

The prestigious Simons Foundation of New York has announced funding for an international project to revisit the fundamental problems of fluid turbulence using statistical mechanics.

Hot on the heels of the ground-breaking 'Sum-Of-Three-Cubes' solution for the number 33, a team led by the University of Bristol and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has solved the final piece of the famous 65-year-old maths puzzle with an answer for the most elusive number of all - 42.